ya need one of these
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On 2/18/24 6:53 PM, John Dammeyer
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I
rebuilt a silver plated alto sax while in high school for a
girl.? She played clarinet in our Dixieland band which was
called Seven plus a Garter.? You can guess who wore the
garter.
I
played and still have my Selmer Tenor Sax which is now over
50 years old.
John
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??? When my kid first brought his sax home he was afraid that
I was gonna take it apart to see how it works he slept with it
under his bed for a while . The Sax & clarinet family have
so many neat bends & off sets & this & that who
doesn't want to see how they work ?
animal
On 2/18/24 5:52 PM, John Lindo wrote:
Buffalo John
All correct, maybe next time. LOL
The lesson my wife learnt is to take a photo of anything she
disassembles before she starts.
This cat house/climber has 4 levels, assembles with studded
rod, c/sunk allen screws etc etc.
Amazingly we have had this cat house for over 4 years and we
pass by it daily, so you would of thought?
we knew what it looked like when reassembling. Similar to
driving down a road everyday, you think you know every bend
and twist until you drive it in the fog,
A few terse words were uttered after I asked her did she
take the photo as NO was the reply, and then it was left to
me to reassemble.
I have over the years repaired many musical instruments and
by default take photos when stripping the keys off
to fit new pads and springs. All instruments are basically
the same forming a common goal but each manufacturer have
over the years put in there own?
ideas of how linkage, swivels, adjustments are formed into
the stacks of keys.
The most complex I work on are the Soprano saxes, the
smallest member of the saxophone family, and without taking
photos first I would be in a world of hurt.
Also if some key, spring, pivot rods are broken upon receipt
of the sax for the repairs i can show the owner is was not
my doing,?
The photo attached is of a top "stack" of keys from a
"Selmer" Soprano, this instrument is valued at $4500.?
I hope of interest.
--
John
